US Airways suing pilots, contending delays
US Airways Group Inc. sued its pilots union Friday, claiming that the US Airline Pilots Association is staging an illegal work slowdown that has caused flight cancellations and delays. The union denied the allegations.
US Airways Group Inc. sued its pilots union Friday, claiming that the US Airline Pilots Association is staging an illegal work slowdown that has caused flight cancellations and delays. The union denied the allegations.
US Airways, since the 2005 merger with America West Holdings, has failed to negotiate a unified pilots' contract because of disagreements over merging seniority lists of the predecessor airlines.
In an injunction request filed in federal court in Charlotte, N.C., US Airways alleged that the union is encouraging slow taxis to miss federal on-time performance criteria; encouraging delays in completing online pilot training in order to force flight cancellations, and writing up "non-flight-critical" maintenance items just before departure to delay flights.
Pilots who do not cooperate are threatened with intimidation and retaliation by the union, US Airways CEO Doug Parker said in a memo to 32,000 employees. - Linda Loyd























